Power plant · North Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar PV panels
Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar PV panels is a permitted solar power plant in North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 5.9 MW of capacity, operated by Etex Building Performance Limited and Promat UK Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Etex Building Performance Limited, Redland Avenue, Bristol, BS20 0FB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 30 Dec 2024 (permit 24/P/2345/SJA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Nov 2024 (reference 24/P/2345/SJA, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Dec 2024 (granted, reference 24/P/2345/SJA, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Etex Building Performance Limited (PROMAT UK/Etex Building Performance Limited, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Promat UK Limited (PROMAT UK/Etex Building Performance Limited, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4901, -2.7082 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority North Somerset, reference 24/P/2345/SJA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Somerset, reference 24/P/2345/SJA)
How it compares
Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar PV panels is the 1,267th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,030th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.9 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,267th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,030th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,173rd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 66 grid connections (40 operating, 408 MW), 29 substations, 11 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 16 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 18 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 32 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.